The 1954 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1954, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Republican Edwin L. Mechem was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a third consecutive term. Democrat John F. Simms defeated Republican Alvin Stockton, winning the largest share of the vote for any candidate since Clyde Tingley in 1936. Simms was the first Democrat since Tingley in 1936 to carry Torrance County and Valencia County.
General election
Results
Results by county County John F. SimmsDemocratic Alvin StocktonRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Bernalillo24,69554.19%20,87445.81%3,8218.39%45,569Catron57348.60%60651.40%-33-2.80%1,179Chaves4,29152.94%3,81547.06%4765.87%8,106Colfax2,75151.43%2,59848.57%1532.86%5,349Curry3,48960.42%2,28639.58%1,20320.83%5,775De Baca67461.55%42138.45%25323.11%1,095Doña Ana4,80358.44%3,41541.53%1,38816.89%8,218Eddy7,06469.65%3,07830.35%3,98639.30%10,142Grant3,79870.73%1,57229.27%2,22641.45%5,370Guadalupe1,51454.64%1,25745.36%2579.27%2,771Harding52049.90%52250.10%-2-0.19%1,042Hidalgo73570.27%31129.73%42440.54%1,046Lea4,22169.81%1,82530.19%2,39639.63%6,046Lincoln1,31949.27%1,35850.73%-39-1.46%2,677Los Alamos2,05159.14%1,41740.86%63418.28%3,468Luna1,54262.89%91037.11%63225.77%2,452McKinley3,34264.58%1,83335.42%1,50929.16%5,175Mora1,34845.51%1,61454.49%-266-8.98%2,962Otero2,40259.03%1,66740.97%73518.06%4,069Quay2,39664.39%1,32535.61%1,07128.78%3,721Rio Arriba4,61253.27%4,04546.73%5676.55%8,657Roosevelt2,85972.12%1,10527.88%1,75444.25%3,964San Juan2,17348.63%2,29551.37%-122-2.73%4,468San Miguel4,80954.19%4,06645.81%7438.37%8,875Sandoval1,71852.28%1,56847.72%1504.56%3,286Santa Fe7,54853.39%6,59046.61%9586.78%14,138Sierra1,48052.26%1,35247.74%1284.52%2,832Socorro2,01055.31%1,62444.69%38610.62%3,634Taos3,24658.57%2,29641.43%95017.14%5,542Torrance1,47952.88%1,31847.12%1615.76%2,797Union1,38351.66%1,29448.34%893.32%2,677Valencia3,73854.54%3,11645.46%6229.07%6,854Total110,58357.01%83,37342.99%27,21014.03%193,956
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Bernalillo Chaves Colfax Curry De Baca Doña Ana Guadalupe Luna McKinley Otero Quay Roosevelt San Miguel Sandoval Santa Fe Sierra Socorro Taos Torrance Union Valencia
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